Complete Television Schedule vit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours, and this weekend even more hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Next, heres malcolm gay. His week, the brain electric. And now i am very thrilled to introduce malcolm gay to left bankbooks. Malcolm is an arts reporter for the boston globe. He priestly worked as a contributing writer at the New York Times and the critic at large for our very own river front times. His writing has also appeared in wired, the atlantic and time among other publications. In 2004 the society of professional journalists, norb norb Northern California chapter, named gay outstanding journalist. His work has since received other National Accolades including top honors in 2008 from the association of alternative news weeklies, and in 2009 from the National Association of black journalists. In 2010 gay was awarded the woodwardbernstein award for the missouri [inaudible] gay studied philosophy and art at the Colorado C
To the kingdoms of the ancient maya, archaeologists trace the evolution of human leadership. Theirs is a journey through time seeking clues to the emergence of the state. Join us now at the dawn of a civilization to uncover the roots of power, prestige and wealth. In the pyramids and monuments of the ancient maya, workers search for clues to the emergence of a vanished civilization. These are the ruins of the ancient city of copan, honduras. Dozens of stone monuments, called stelae, proclaim the power of mighty beings. Until experts could read these carved hieroglyphs, most scholars thought these largerthanlife figures represented maya gods. But we now know they are portraits of copans rulers, with names like butz chan. Smoke shell. And the most powerful of all, 18 rabbit. The maya called them cul ahau, or divine lord. The title was inherited. We call them kings since they passed their power to brothers or sons. A dynasty of 16 kings ruled copan for 400 years. How did they first acquir
Now, in the ruins of the roman empire, scholars grapple with an ageold question how does any one leader acquire so much power . From the tribes of highland new guinea and the chiefdoms of the american northwest, to the kingdoms of the ancient maya, archaeologists trace the evolution of human leadership. Theirs is a journey through time seeking clues to the emergence of the state. Join us now at the dawn of a civilization to uncover the roots of power, prestige and wealth. In the pyramids and monuments of the ancient maya, workers search for clues to the emergence of a vanished civilization. These are the ruins of the ancient city of copan, honduras. Dozens of stone monuments, called stelae, proclaim the power of mighty beings. Until experts could read these carved hieroglyphs most scholars thought these largerthanlife figures represented maya gods. But we now know they are portraits of copans rulers, with names like butz chan. Smoke shell. And the most powerful of all 18 rabbit. The ma
When he immortalized himself in bronze and gold. Now, in the ruins of the roman empire, scholars grapple with an ageold question how does any one leader acquire so much power . From the tribes of highland new guinea and the chiefdoms of the american northwest, to the kingdoms of the ancient maya, archaeologists trace the evolution of human leadership. Theirs is a journey through time seeking clues to the emergence of the state. Join us now at the dawn of a civilization to uncover the roots of power, prestige and wealth. In the pyramids and monuments of the ancient maya, workers search for clues to the emergence of a vanished civilization. These are the ruins of the ancient city of copan, honduras. Dozens of stone monuments, called stelae, proclaim the power of mighty beings. Until experts could read these carved hieroglyphs most scholars thought these largerthanlife figures represented maya gods. But we now know they are portraits of copans rulers, with names like butz chan. Smoke shel
Join us now at the dawn of a civilization to uncover the roots of power, prestige and wealth. In the pyramids and monuments of the ancient maya, workers search for clues to the emergence of a vanished civilization. These are the ruins of the ancient city of copan, honduras. Dozens of stone monuments, called stelae, proclaim the power of mighty beings. Until experts could read these carved hieroglyphs, most scholars thought these largerthanlife figures represented maya gods. But we now know they are portraits of copans rulers, with names like butz chan. Smoke shell. And the most powerful of all, 18 rabbit. The maya called them cul ahau, or divine lord. The title was inherited. We call them kings since they passed their power to brothers or sons. A dynasty of 16 kings ruled copan for 400 years. How did they first acquire their power . And how were the maya governed before the kings . To answer such questions, archaeologists discuss their ideas of political change. Which says, heres the r